Belgian designer Corentin Dombrecht obviously paid close attention to cat behavior when he created this modular bookshelf that accommodates both books and cats. The system is based on three different modules and, depending on how you stack them, you can create little stairways for kitty to climb among the books all the way to the top where there is a built-in cat bed. Brilliant!

The stairway can run along the front of the bookshelf or it can be hidden behind the books against the wall. There are two styles of bed on the top: raised or sunken.

It looks like this is just a design concept that isn’t available for sale anywhere yet, but I think it’s a terrific idea! Check out the video below to see the Cat Library in action (if you can’t see the video below in your email, click here to watch it on the site.)

This is (or these are?) great – I’d love to have a set. Now, thanks to Modern Cat, I have an entire folder of book marks full of things I’d love to buy for my cat if I ever win the lottery. In, fact, if I ever do, I think the only furniture I’ll have in my house might be cat furniture (and a chair so I can make a lap, of course!)

This system is fantastic! I am hoping this becomes available. I know exactly where I would put it in my home. Ms. Caity Sunshine and Mr. Frisky Business would love this thing. As it is, they’re in our book cases tossing things off the top shelf so that they can have the top shelf to themselves!

It’s said — paraphrasing badly — that two of the refuges from the miseries of life are music and cats. To that, I’d definitely add reading material (and beautifully designed furniture) — and this is amazing. How we would love this system, but with many beds!

OMG – this is a fantastic feat of engineering genius. The design is so simple, yet appears so complex. Please let us know when these are available. My husband said he would make one, but I think it will be into the next century before I see it (he, he, he).

We’re talking about building something like this! I’m tired of the same old cat trees and want a place where my cats can hide or sleep. What better way to do that than building it to make it kitty AND people functional, too!